Please look at my .txt . Happy New Year!

[Stevieb]

Hello,
First off, I would like to thank you for taking the time out of your own personal lives to look into my issue.

I have noticed a copy of weather.exe located in C:\Program Files\Daily Weather Forecast

Please let me know if my PC is safe.


Thank you!
Happy New Year!

StevieB

 

[Peddant]

It`s adware,not especially harmful,but should be removed,unless you really want the daily weather forecast. http://www.liutilities.com/products/wintaskspro/processlibrary/weather/ For peace of mind,and good practice, download update and run this http://www.microsoft.com/athome/security/spyware/software/default.mspx occasionally.In SAFEMODE if necessary http://www.pchell.com/support/safemode.shtml Online scans are good too http://www.trendmicro.com/spyware-scan I`d like you to use a different browser too http://www.mozilla.com/firefox/ Have I forgotten anything ?

 

[Stevieb]

After seeing the txt myself; I noticed a couplw:
C:\WINDOWS\system32\svchost.exe
C:\WINDOWS\system32\svchost.exe
C:\WINDOWS\System32\svchost.exe

is there a reason why there's more than one of these?

 

[Peddant]

Yes,there is a reason.The trouble is only only Microsoft know it.This is what they say http://support.microsoft.com/?kbid=314056 I`m not an expert but your log looks OK to me.Anyway,is your computer showing any signs of infection ? Running slow,locking up,things not working ? If you did everything in my first post,there shouldn`t be too many nasties left.In fact,here`s even more peace of mind http://housecall.trendmicro.com/

 

[Stevieb]

The PC is running okay;

I just wanted to know why C:\Program Files\Daily Weather Forecast is loaded on my PC. I thought it was type of virus.

My machine consists of:
AVG
Ad aware
ZoneAlarm
Spybot

are these all okay?

 

[Peddant]

If you didn`t install that program,then it shouldn`t be there.You should either uninstall it using add/remove programs in the control panel(if it`s there)or just delete it directly.You could also check that it`s not starting with windows-click start/run/ then type msconfig,click on startup tab and deselect anything suspicious.As for the programs you`ve listed,there the best in the biz.If you add MS antispyware,you`ll have the full set.

 

[Tedster]

partypoker is also a trojan.....

most gambling websites and their warez are trojans - avoid them. Gambling sites are like porn sites - not to be trusted.